Troubleshooting Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Performing a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is the standard of care for axillary nodal staging in patients with invasive breast cancer and clinically negative nodes. The procedure provides valuable staging information with few complications when performed by experienced surgeons. However, variation in proficiency exists for this procedure, and a great amount of experience is required to master the technique, especially when faced with challenging cases. The purpose of this paper was to provide a troubleshooting guide for commonly encountered technical difficulties in SLNB, and offer potential solutions so that surgeons can improve their own technical performance from the collective knowledge of experienced specialists in the field.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: James TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5532881 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature